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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. John R. Campbell, Pres. —_ F. J. McAllister, Vice Pres. Kenneth E. Smith, Treasurer Robert A. Zeleznik, Secretary 1575 Cleveland, 444 Sandwich St., W., 153 Monterey, | 2015 Dime Building, Lincoln Park, Michigan Windsor, Ontario Highland Park 3, Michigan Detroit 26, Michigan ANNOUNCEMENT: Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, May 2nd 3 at the Veterans' Memorial Building, foot of Griswold Street. The exact room and floor will be found in the building directory on the main floor lobby. The meeting is scheduled to being at 8:00 o'clock. Our speaker will be Father Dowling, whose topic will be: "Alexander McDougall, the Man and his Achievements." The first part of the program will be a discussion of some of the interesting facts about McDougall’; whalebacks, and after that will follow a 30 minute movie, a kinescope of one of Fr.Dowling's recent television prvograms,featuring the whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus." Plan now to attend this meeting. The concluding meeting of our present season will be held on Saturday afternoon and evening, June 9th at Fort Malden Museum in Amherstburg. Jack Goodrich will have a program of ship slides. Mark that date now. Robert A.Zeleznik, Secretary Oe KK KK KK OK OK KK KK OK OR OK OK KR OK KOR OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK IN MEMORIAM Fred Prouty Lafayette W.Sullivan Capt.Roy F.Woodford Our Society has suffered the loss of three prominent, loyal and devoted members in recent weeks. Through the "Marine Historian," our officers and fellow mem- bers extend most sincere sorrow and sympathy to those near and dear to the de- parted. May God grant them eternal rest. ORK OK OR OK OR OK OK KR OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK KK OK OK OK OK SHIPS Boland & Cornelius purchased an ocean going tanker of the T-2 type, which will be converted and lengthened on the coast, before being brought to the Lakes via the Mississippi early in 1957. Self unloading rig will be buil and installed at Manitowoc. The vessel is the ARCHERS HOPE (US 248326) built in 1945 at Mobile, 504 x 68. After lengthening she will be over 600' long. Capt Roen has acquired the WOLVERINE (ex MICHAEL J.BARTELME, ex SIR HENRY BES- SEMER) as well as the former lighthouse tender HYACINTH, and the motorship WEST WIND ¢ex AMARANTH). The tanker MAINE is now the FLEIADES. The JOHN C. WILLIAMS (ex EDWARD N.SAUNDERS,JR (i), ex ABRAHAM STEARN) has been renamed MICHAEL K.TEWKSBURY and the JOHN W.DAVIN (ex CHARLES 0.JENKINS) is now the MICHAEL GALLAGHER (ii). Interlake Steamship will build a new large ore carrier not unlike the GHORGE M.HUMPHREY this summer, which will be ready for service next season. Wilson Transit's Canadian subsiduary Wilcan Shipping, will operate in the auto trade between Windsor and the upper lakes, using the chartered LAKETON (ex SAXONA). The MYRON C.TAYLOR has been transferred fo the Bradley Transportation Line, and will be converted immediately into a self unloader. This year the Imperial tankers will have the words "Imperial Esso Products” painted on the takn sides, replacing the single word "Imperial" as used formerly. Despite a fairly early opening of the Soo (April 4th, by the J.E.F.MISENER and several others, persistent wintry weather has kept ore traffic rather low up to the time of printing. Several ships have been damaged by ice. The new Beaconsfield canaller motorship TECUMSEH is in service. OR OK OR OR OK OR OK OK OK OK KR OR OK OK OK ORK OK OK OK KOK OK KK KK OK KK KK KK KKK KK SHIPS THAT NEVER DIE, (Continued from bottom of page 4): In 1946 Roen sold LEONA to Northern Papér Mills, Ltd. of Hansen, Ontario. Sh was then registered in Canada (Can 17163) and renamed NORMILL. New dimensiod 241 x 39 x 13.3, 987 tons. She is still in service ( as of 1955) as a pulp wood carrier. William A.McDonald. (Editor's Note: The CITY OF ALPENA was chosen to be pictured on a U.S.Postage Stamp in the commemorative Series of 1901 (The Pan American Exposition at Buf- alo) on the one cent, green and black, inscribed "Fast Lake Navigation").